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Description: | Artist: Unknown, pottery; Date(s): circa 1800 - 1900; Classification(s): porcelain, water dropper, slab-building, porcelain, slab-built, painted in cobalt-blue and glazed; Acquisition: given by Gompertz, G.St.G.M., Mr & Mrs, 1989, Gompertz Gift [C.4-1989]
Description: Water dropper with chrysanthemum spray and inscription. Porcelain, slab-built, painted in cobalt-blue and glazed. The barbed seven-sided piece has a flat top and straight vertical sides, with a small (restored) spout on one side and a hole for filling in the middle. The top is painted in underglaze-blue with a chrysanthemum spray with four blooms and bordered by a curly line, the sides are inscribed with the six characters angnyu sumun y'ungnyu, which can be translated `willow is overhanging the gate, drifting in the wind.' The flat base is unglazed. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | porcelain Unknown water dropper | Temporal: | name=19th century; start=1800; end=1900 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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